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Balanites gillettii

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Identification
Isotype of Balanites gillettii Cufod. [family BALANITACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt. [family BALANITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Balanites gillettii
  • Balanites orbicularis
  • Balanites aegyptiaca
  • Balanites rotundifolia

Flora

Entry for BALANITES rotundifolia var. rotundifolia [family BALANITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2003) Author: MARTIN J.S. SANDS
Names
BALANITES rotundifolia var. rotundifolia [family BALANITACEAE], ; Sands in K.B. 56: 95, t. 14/a–m, p, map 9 (2001)
Agialida rotundifolia Tiegh. [family BALANITACEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 9, 4: 230 (1906) & in F.R. 7: 119 (1909)
Balanites orbicularis Sprague [family BALANITACEAE], in K.B. 1908: 57 (1908); I.T.U.: 230 (1940); E.P.A.: 366 (1956); K.T.S.: 534 (1961). Types: Somaliland, Drake-Brockman 336 & 337 (K!, syn.)
Balanites sp Drake-Brockman [family BALANITACEAE], . ,, Brit. Somalil.: 306 (1912)
Balanites patriziana Lusina [family BALANITACEAE], in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 20: 138 (& 137) (1933); E.P.A.: 366 (1956); Cufod. in Senckenberg. Biol. 39: 303 (1958). Type: Eritrea, Dancalia Airori, wadi Gaarre, Patrizi-Montoro s.n. (RO, holo.)
Balanites aegyptiaca [family BALANITACEAE], [sensu Cufod. in E.P.A.: 365 (1956) pro parte (quod syn. B. rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt.), non (L.) Delile]
Balanites gillettii Cufod. [family BALANITACEAE], in Senckenberg. Biol. 39: 302, t. 37/3–4 (1958); K.T.S.: 533 (1961). Type: Ethiopia, Burgi, valley east of Amaro Mts, Gillett 15069 (W, holo., EA!, FT!, K!, PRE!, iso.)
Balanites gillettii Cufod. var. renifolia [family BALANITACEAE], in Senckenberg. Biol. 39: 303, t. 38/5 (1958). Type: Ethiopia, Fora Dara, Kuls 385 (W/WU?, holo.)
Information
Leaflets up to 6.5 cm long, puberulous to pubescent and eventually glabrescent; pedicels 0.2–1.1 cm long, pubescent; ovary densely pubescent to pilose. Fig. 2/2–4.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1, 2, 7
Altitude range
0–800 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Tagaba, Jan. 1949, Dale K731!;KENYA Turkana District 9.5 km N of Lodwar, 25 March 1954, Hemming 246!;KENYA Lamu District Lunghi Forest Reserve, 1 Dec. 1988, Luke & Robertson 1536!UGANDA Karamoja District Lorengidwat, 1936, Eggeling E2846! & Moroto, Kasemen Estate, Dec. 1971, J. Wilson 2154! & Koputh, no date, Brasnett 178!
Distribution (external)
; Sudan
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Djibouti
Somalia
Yemen (Aden)

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